Monthly Archives: July 2011

Balkanizing America

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Given that the market for health insurance has long since ceased to be a truly free market, this seems broadly sensible and I’d guess it will save money: Virtually all health insurance plans could soon be required to offer female … Continue reading →

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What if all music was ‘Christian’ music?

Posted on July 19, 2011 by David Hume

I think this sort of rhetorical question is a good way to understand the role of religion in much of the Islamic world: there is no distinction between pop culture and religiously inflected culture. I thought of that when noticing … Continue reading →

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The Murdoch feeding frenzy

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Heather Mac Donald

What is the likelihood that non-Murdoch-owned British tabloids did not practice phone hacking?  Exactly the same as the likelihood that they will be investigated for such misdeeds.

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It’s always a bull market in the diversity industry

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Heather Mac Donald

The University of California is facing sharp budget cuts–except in one area of its sprawling bureaucracy: the diversity apparatus, as I write about here:  Even as UC campuses jettison entire degree programs and lose faculty to competing universities, one fiefdom … Continue reading →

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Iraq’s attempt at a free lunch

Posted on July 14, 2011 by David Hume

In Shadow of Death, Iraq and U.S. Tiptoe Around a Deadline: The government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is privately telling American officials that it wants their army to stay here after this year. The Americans are privately telling … Continue reading →

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Free Speech at the Abortion (or anti-abortion) Clinic

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Yes, there should be rules against fraudulent counsel, but the idea of politicians dictating what can (or cannot) be said at a pregnancy advice center purely on the basis of their own views on abortion is less than attractive, so … Continue reading →

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Bachmann’s Pledge

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

It’s probably inevitable that Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin find themselves getting compared with each other but this piece of news reminds me that, for all her, uh, foibles, the former Alaska governor comes far closer to representing a live-and-let-live … Continue reading →

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Environmentalism: Merely a fashion statement?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Heather Mac Donald

Any pundit, such as the New York Times’ Thomas Friedman, who continues to advocate an elevated gas tax as a solution to foreign oil dependency or global warming is fundamentally unserious.  When Hillary Clinton called for releases from the Strategic Petroleum … Continue reading →

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Canadian multiculturalism is like holding up a “blow me up!” sign

Posted on July 6, 2011 by David Hume

It’s Muslim kids, not parents, who are embracing a politicized Islam: I’ve attended two universities in Toronto and, at both, joined the Muslim students associations. I was told to sit behind the men, not next to them. That it would … Continue reading →

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America’s unique advantage: religious faith?

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Heather Mac Donald

On a recent shuttle van ride from the Los Angeles International Airport, I directed the African driver to pause before turning left into a blind intersection.  Instead, he barreled across without looking.  Not to worry, he said, I’m a professional … Continue reading →

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